Strong Fuel Smell

[MConte05]

Tried searching around for several days seeing if anyone else ran into this issue.

Mine is a very strong fuel smell when at a stop after the car has warmed up. When I was tinkering around with the car yesterday I was able to clearly tell the strong smell was coming from the gas cap area (surprise surprise), and would make sense why when at a stop, with the fan on, I would get a strong fuel smell in the cabin since the air is drawn in right next to the fuel cap.

So, does anyone know if things go bad around that area? Could it be as simple as a new gas cap with a better seal? Would rather hear some ideas and suggestions before taking off the wheel and wheel liner and poking around aimlessly.

There is no fuel leakage that I have noticed, and the smell certainly isn't coming from the engine area, very strongly on the passenger front area.

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SOLVED: The issue was a cracked fuel sending unit. Fresh fuel sending unit put in with a new O-ring seal and it the smell went away 100%. Much more pleasant when sitting at a stoplight now.